I think what you have is " high speed babbitt" it was the crystal looking aspect that jogged my memory.
There are many Babbitt alloys in addition to Babbitt's original. Some common compositions...
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I think what you have is " high speed babbitt" it was the crystal looking aspect that jogged my memory.
There are many Babbitt alloys in addition to Babbitt's original. Some common compositions...
Sure looks allot like "manganese". Your description also sounds like manganese.It is non-magnetic is often mistaken for stone or concrete.But its hard to say for sure from the picture.But my money is...
What you have is red stripe URD wire..ITS an underground cable.I buy alot of it.I also do recoveries on the material to determine copper/alum content.Honestly I cant imagine breaking any significant...
Its odd to me that your local yard wont accept burned copper.Missouri has no law that prohibits this.Oklahoma does have a law that prohibits the buying of burned copper...just wondered if you are...
Not A good idea really.We will not buy ingots or sows from the general public.I think most yards are the same way.Even if the yard has a niton or some other testing device it can only see the surface...
There is an old saying in the business that holds mostly true today.."red brass is always a casting".You can also take a sharp knife and cut a sliver off any piece of copper.You can not cut any type...
Ive been doing this a long time.Ive worked for a couple of different companies,still work for a larger midwest company, and for years scraped on my own time.I would often double my wages by scraping...
It is not illegal to call you names as long as the exchange doesnt rise to the level of a threat.But it is illegal to steal your material.You could have called the police and at least filed a report...
Ive been buying scrap a long time and its always best to know what your material weighs.Also ,every state has dept of weights and measures or some equivalent agency. Any scale used for buying/selling...
Washers/dryers / stoves will bring the same price.Most buyers will require anything with a refigeration compressor to be removed or evacuated.The compressor from the fridge and the electric motors...
Its quite possible you got ripped off. I buy quite a bit of carbide and even the industrial accounts will sometimes get some tool steel or other contaminate mixed in their carbide container.At the...
